Despots Quotes
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“Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.”
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“Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.”
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“Earthquake means destruction; dictator means destruction! In the case of earthquake, you need a strong building; in the case of dictator, you need an educated rational mind, because an irrational ignorant mind always serves the dictator!”
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“Despots are elected and deposed.
Laws are passed and repealed.
Nations rise and fall.
Individual liberty is eternal.”
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Laws are passed and repealed.
Nations rise and fall.
Individual liberty is eternal.”
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“Embracing/attacking other communities won't change the facts. Our people are in this quagmire because we ignored education & elected clueless despots who inturn have presided over the worst economic crimes in the history of the continent. Whom did you elect?”
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“History has seen many who claim to be deliverer and saviour of the people. They might come with force and violence and parade their might and splendour as conquerors. The pharaohs of Egypt, Sennacherib king of Assyria, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Darius of Persia, Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Napoleon, Clive of India, Bismarck, the Kaiser, Hitler, Stalin. The story and scene is always the same. They claim to deliver the people from bondage and to establish justice, freedom and peace. They come in might, riding in splendour, dragging prisoners.”
― John Myer: A Collection of his Sermons and Writing, #1
― John Myer: A Collection of his Sermons and Writing, #1

“A spoonful of sugar can be as helpful in dealing with foreign diplomats as it is in child psychology, for these are not unrelated fields.”
― Fascism: A Warning
― Fascism: A Warning

“Ignorant, unconscious and dishonourable part of a society want and like kings, dictators, padishahs and all sort of despots; educated, conscious and honourable part of the same society hate and refuse monarchs, tyrants, oppressors and any kind of autocrats!”
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“Ve taht谋ndan indirmek istedi臒iniz bir despotsa s枚z konusu olan, 枚nce onun i莽inizde kurulu taht谋n谋 ortadan kald谋r谋n. Bir zorba 枚zg眉r ve gururlu olanlara nas谋l h眉kmedebilir, e臒er onlar谋n kendi 枚锄驳眉谤濒眉办lerinde bir 锄辞谤产补濒谋办, kendi gururlar谋nda bir utan莽 yoksa? Ve 眉st眉n眉zden atmak istedi臒iniz bir y眉k眉ml眉l眉kse s枚z konusu olan, bu y眉k眉ml眉l眉k size dayat谋lmad谋, onu siz se莽tiniz.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet

“When a despot ineptly sought to turn a country to a totalitarian nightmare, where was poetry? It wasn't sleeping. It kept the poets up at night. We wrote against despair toward beauty, toward a truth that could imprison us for making liars out of the fools deposited in the seats of power, kept there by puppets who kneeled in piles of promissory notes.”
― Catching the Light
― Catching the Light

“Lest we lay too heavy a criticism against any government administration--local, state, or federal--we are reminded that American government is representational. Political leaders reflect the people who elect them (as well as those who fail in this civic responsibility) as a mirror reflects those who gaze into it.”
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“In the minds of all dictators, the people that they rule over should best be regarded as mere shadows 鈥� seen but not heard.”
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“For the people of any nation, the death of their dictator or his fall from power is like the end of a long and brutal war. They breathe down in great relief.”
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